Month: April 2020

It was glaring. The real story of all this is how did we miss it? The latest Trump “atrocity” in early March was lack of testing. To this day the media blames coronavirus, in totality, on Trump’s lack of tests. Our inability to quickly identify and isolate those early US infections is what caused the… Read more

It was Easter today. It took me about an hour to realize this morning, but then I stumbled into my social feeds. I called my family, wished them a happy Easter, and did the daily “what’s new” check-up. Nothing’s new. I wish something was new, even something small. Today felt distant. I’ve forgotten the beginning,… Read more

On day 26 I spent my night playing with my hue lights, setting up different scenes and fiddling with different color schemes. Why? It was the most exciting thing I had to do in the middle of this ongoing quarantine. After my last conference call, I took out the bike. I rode down to the… Read more

I awoke to the conflicting news of a new daily death record, but indications that the hospitalization and infection rates looked like they were stalling. Some are claiming we’ve already passed the peak here, I hope that’s true. I don’t really know what that means though. In the beginning of all of this, I intellectually… Read more

The bike. Last year, in an effort to make room in my closet, I’d debated selling it, or even just giving it away. Instead, I bought an outdoor cover and stored in out back. Damn I’m glad I did. It’s great exercise, it allows me to go farther across the city with my camera and… Read more

Cuomo said in his briefing today that he’s estimating the peak will be in the next seven-day range. Of course, three days ago he said all the models were saying the peak would be at the end of April. Earlier in the week he was talking about the peak being in May. Studies by CDC… Read more

I skipped day 20, just because. Today was day 21, and after three full weeks of anxiety I’ve come to the conclusion that no one really knows what’s going on. Two weeks ago the CDC was shaming everyone for wearing masks, saying they were not useful in stopping the spread. Today, they gave new guidelines… Read more

Day 19… When there’s nowhere else to look, you start looking within. My takeaway from 2019: when the mirror’s fractured, you see a lot of different pieces of yourself. You cringe, you hurt, you lose, you learn…and you rebuild. Greatest gift any year has given me so far. I’m not afraid of looking within anymore,… Read more

I stumbled upon some really good news tonight. I checked, it wasn’t in any of the cable news headlines, or even in any of the newspapers (as of tonight). BD/BioMedomics announced the launch of a rapid results serological coronavirus test. These tests give us sight into what we couldn’t see. Currently we use PCR tests,… Read more